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‘Most big repairs start out as small repairs’
MOSES LAKE — When Uziel Ortega launched Steadfast Home Services earlier this year, he wasn't sure whether the phon…
Fed signals steady interest rates as economic risks lessen
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve believes that downside risks to the U.S. economy have lessened with the easing of trade tensions and better prospects for global growth but officials note a concern that possib…
Largest Nevada casinos report $2 billion gain in fiscal 2019
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s largest casinos reaped more than $2 billion from gambling, food and beverage sales, room rentals and other factors during the 2019 fiscal year, state regulators reported Friday.
Administration ends antitrust probe of 4 automakers, Calif.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ended its antitrust probe into a deal between California and four of the world's biggest automakers, after failing to find that the companies' conduct violated the law…
Benetton fires famed photographer over insensitive remarks
MILAN (AP) — Photographer Oliviero Toscani made a career out of provocative advertising campaigns for Benetton, the Italian clothing brand famed for its colorful knitwear. But that decades-long relationship has bee…
So goes the neighborhood? Resort wrestles with rental rise
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Lake Placid is a picture-book village in the Adirondack Mountains offering tourists crisp air, pretty peaks, Winter Olympic sites and, lately, a lot more houses to rent for the weekend.
Holiday on plastic: US credit card debt surged in December
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans gave their credit cards a real workout this past holiday season.
Financial irregularities in African soccer exposed by audit
Financial irregularities across African football have been unearthed in a confidential audit of the continent’s governing body that raises concerns about the legitimacy of millions of dollars of cash payments tha…
World stock markets retreat ahead of US jobs report
Global stock markets retreated Friday ahead of the monthly U.S. jobs report and after France and Germany reported weak factory data.
Avenatti seeks to limit questioning in Nike extortion trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Defense attorneys asked a federal judge Saturday to prevent prosecutors from quizzing Michael Avenatti about other criminal charges he faces should he decide to testify about allegations he tried to…
Barr's call for U.S. control of 5G providers quickly rebuked
NEW YORK (AP) — Trump administration officials, increasingly intent on preventing Chinese global technological domination, keep floating the idea that the U.S. government should take a more direct hand in running
Cyprus president: Gas drilling won't stop for Turkey dispute
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus won't put its exploratory gas drilling plans on hold despite Turkey's attempt to force the east Mediterranean island nation to halt its activities by conducting its own gas search in C…
Software glitches force GM to recall pickups for 2nd time
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling about 162,000 full-size pickup trucks worldwide for a second time because of faulty brake control software that was installed in a recall from last year.
Woman apologizes for claiming pet store caused dog's death
FLEMINGTON, N.J. (AP) — A woman whose dog died during a grooming at a PetSmart store in New Jersey is now apologizing for blaming the store for the death.
FedEx will shift final delivery of some express parcels
FedEx will tweak its operations by having its ground-delivery unit take over some deliveries from the company's separate and more costly express business.
Manfred, Mets say sale from Wilpons to Cohen is off
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and the New York Mets say talks have ended over the proposed sale of a controlling share of the team from the families of Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz to hedge fu…